Among the fountainsof Massa, the fountain of Mercury (Fontana di Mercurio in Italian) was built in 1566, the fountain was built where there was an old well , hence the name of the Piazza del Pozzo. On a Carrara marble column is a statue of Hermes.
Mercury Square (Piazza Mercurio in Italian) is one of the historic squares of Massa . The square is named after the statue of the god Mercury above the fountain in the center of the square. There are many historical buildings in the square : the old church of St. John and the beautiful town hall […]
The Ducal Palace in Massa (Palazzo Ducale di Massa in Italian) is located in Piazza of Aranci. It is also called the Red Palace (Palazzo Rosso in Italian), and today is also the Prefecture (Prefettura in Italian). The building was started in 1563 by Alberico Cybo – Malaspina, who transformed an existing family villa. The […]
The Orange Tree Square (Piazza degli Aranci in Italian) in the town of Massa in Italy, built after the controversial destruction of the church of San Pietro in 1807 and later embellished by a double row of orange trees that still surrounds the place on three sides, has helped to highlight the huge ducal palace.
The Carrara dome (Insigne Collegiata mitrata Abbazia di Sant’Andrea Apostolo in Italian) is almost entirely covered with dazzling white marble of great value, extracted from nearby quarries of Carrara. An older church, Ecclesia Sancti Andree Carraria , is mentioned as existing on this site as 1035, but it remains only a relief. The church was […]